Corrections and clarifications

In a report headed, Two square miles of housing hell, page 12, October 24, we said Harold Best, MP for Leeds North West, and his wife had their eight student neighbours evicted. In fact, an action was taken by Leeds city council against the landlord owner of the house next door to the Bests for a breach in planning law. The Bests were witnesses in the public inquiry which found in favour of Leeds city council. The students who were in occupation at the time of the inquiry were at the end of their agreed lease.

In our piece about the new Dyson washing machine, page 25, Finance, November 3, we puzzled some readers by our reference to a time of five hours 54 minutes for "an average weekly load". The time referred to the total accumulated washing time of 30lb of washing (14 kilos); not to the average time for a single load.

Our reference to the national "herd" of sheep, a leader, page 23, November 2, should have been to the national flock.

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